The company Oceánica Internacional has started operating a new maritime cargo service that will connect the port of Hong Kong with El Salvador without the need for transshipments.

The goal of the new route is to expand the options for transporting maritime cargo between the region and Asia, benefiting in particular Central American companies that import goods from China.

Francisco Cordero, president of the International Oceanic Corporation, explained to Elmundo.sv that "... the company will be able to consolidate cargoes in the port of Hong Kong from 35 cities in Asia and the boats will sail every week to El Salvador."

"...This route can be used in two modes: Full Container Load (FCL), mobilizing the entire cargo of a single company; and Less Than a Container Load (LCL), transporting several small packages from different companies.".

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The arrival of the first ships with capacity of 13 TEUs at the Panamanian port of Balboa is evidence of how shipping services are changing, a prelude to the opening of the expanded Canal.

Trips taken by cargo bound for East Asia with two major shipping companies in the world, Maersk Line and MSC, will be shorter, thanks to the port at Balboa now being able to manage ships carrying over 13,000 TEUs's, a capacity which is close to the amount carried by ships which will pass through the expanded Canal.

New DHL trade routes include: from Qingdao, China to Santos, Brazil; from Le Havre, France to Veracruz, Mexico; from Miami, USA. to Colon, Panama; and from Hong Kong, China to Managua, Nicaragua.

From a press release published in Dhl.com.mx:

DHL Global Forwarding, the specialist in air and maritime transport which is part of Deutsche Post DHL, has announced the launch of four new direct routes for shipments of consolidated loads (LCL) to countries throughout Latin America. The new trade routes include: from Qingdao, China to Santos, Brazil; from Le Havre, France to Veracruz, Mexico; from Miami, USA. to Colon, Panama; and from Hong Kong, China to Managua, Nicaragua. With the opening of these new routes for LCL in the months of May and June, DHL customers have benefited from shorter transit, better rates and lowering of their carbon footprint.

In January and February, 190,000 fewer TEUs were moved than in the same period of 2012, when the figure was 1,000,218 thousand TEUs.

"The country's five terminals (Balboa, Manzanillo International Terminal, Colon Container Terminal, the Port Authority of Singapore and Cristóbal) reported one million 28,000 TEU's (a unit equivalent to a 20 feet long container) in the two months," noted an article in Prensa.com.

DHL has announced a new service between the countries for loads of less than one container.

The service to be offered is for loads shipped within 29 days between San Salvador and Hong Kong, which will enable El Salvador to gain access to destinations in China, Taiwan and Japan in timescales of between 29 and 46 days.

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